K¹² is unique in offering real science for young students. The program balances hands-on experience with systematic study of scientific terms and concepts. Students perform many experiments to help them understand scientific principles, and receive guided instruction in important scientific concepts. Exploring life, earth, and physical sciences in each grade, K¹² Science nurtures curiosity, analytical skills, and an appreciation of how the world is shaped by ongoing scientific and technological advances. Students learn about the human body, plants and animals, rocks and minerals, stars, matter, motion, and much more. Through hands-on experiments, the program helps students develop skills of observation and analysis, and learn how scientists understand our world.

Courses Offered

Science K: Kindergarten students begin to develop observation skills as they learn about the five senses, the earth's composition, and the basic needs of plants and animals.

Science 1: Students learn to perform experiments, record observations, and understand how scientists see the natural world. They germinate seeds to observe plant growth and make a weather vane.

Science 2: Students perform experiments to develop skills of observation and analysis, and learn how scientists understand our world. They demonstrate how pulleys lift heavy objects, make a temporary magnet and test its strength, and analyze the parts of a flower.

Science 3: Students learn to observe and analyze through hands-on experiments, and gain further insight into how scientists understand our world. They observe and chart the phases of the moon, determine the properties of insulators and conductors, and make a three-dimensional model of a bone.

Science 4: Students develop scientific reasoning and perform hands-on experiments in Earth, Life, and Physical sciences. They construct an electromagnet, identify minerals according to their properties, use chromatography to separate liquids, and assemble food webs.

Science 5: Students perform experiments, develop scientific reasoning, and recognize science in the world around them. They build a model of a watershed, test how cell membranes function, track a hurricane, and analyze the effects of gravity.

Earth Science: The Earth Science curriculum builds on the natural curiosity of students. By connecting them to the beauty of geological history, the amazing landforms around the globe, the nature of the sea and air, and the newest discoveries about our universe, it gives students an opportunity to relate to their everyday world.

Advanced Earth Science: An advanced Middle School course option.

Life Science: Students explore an amazing variety of organisms, the complex workings of the cell, the relationship between living things and their environments, and discoveries in the world of modern genetics.

Advanced Life Science: An advanced Middle School course option.

Physical Science: An overview of the physical world that gives students tools and concepts to think clearly about atoms, molecules, chemical reactions, motion, electricity, light, and other aspects of chemistry and physics.

Advanced Physical Science: An advanced Middle School course option.